Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Marine Seismic Survey in the Gulf of Alaska, Northeastern Pacific Ocean

Summary

The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (L-DEO) has been granted an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take a limited number of marine mammals during oceanographic seismic surveys in the Gulf of Alaska, in accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).

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